New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders indicated Wednesday that the so-called “millionaire’s tax“ the Assembly hopes will reverse Cuomo’s proposed deep cuts to school funding is sinking.

Republican Senate leader Dean Skelos said that as far as he’s concerned, the surcharge aimed at New Yorkers making $1 million and more a year is dead. He said he and the Democratic governor remain strongly opposed in the three-way negotiations with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Users of syracuse.com were quick to weigh in on the story, half supporting the decision and the other half deriding it. Here's what one user, treefity, had to say:

"The state needs to keep the millionaires like Derek Jeter from leaving the state, so this is the right measure. The state also needs to force Sheldon Silver to resign; he has single handedly looted the state for his personal gain. He is just like Gadahfi: throwing tax money at the minions to stay in power. Cuomo actually seems strong enough to challenge Silver and make the governor the CEO of the state again. Cuomo has done a good job so far, but he still needs to layoff 56,000 state workers, so taxes can be cut and the private sector can grow again. These laid off state workers will be quickly hired in the private sector as it booms."